Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b)
FBI Houston’s Violent Crime Task Force and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating three men, dubbed the “Scrooge Sprayers,” who robbed an armored car courier on Friday in east Harris County. Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the robbers.
The robbery occurred at approximately 2:14 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2024 at the Food Town store located at 5 Uvalde Road in east Harris County. During the robbery, the suspects followed an armored car into the store parking lot and waited for a courier to exit the truck and enter the store. Once the courier entered the store, one of the suspects rushed the courier and attempted to grab his bag, which contained an undisclosed amount of money. When the courier resisted, a second suspect sprayed the courier with an unknown substance, which temporarily blinded him. The second suspect then struck the courier, causing him to fall to the floor and lose control of the bag. The suspects grabbed the courier’s bag, ran to a waiting white Hyundai Elantra driven by a third suspect, and drove away southbound on Uvalde Road. The armored car courier suffered temporary blindness due to the unknown spray, but no one else was physically hurt during the robbery.